Governance is a hot topic in shared services – three areas are a functional priority. These are Service Level Reporting, Risk Reporting and Issue Reporting. Ideally you want to get an executive online dashboard that gives you a picture on all three areas. Also you need to ensure that there is a robust process in place to gather the required information. There are two key implementation priorities – something that can be implemented quickly and at low cost. This criterion was outlined to me in detail at the recent SSON conference in London.